Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FISHERIES AMENDMENT ACT 1978 No. 99 of 1978 - SECT 9

9. Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by inserting after sub-section (3) the following sub-section:

''(3A) The Minister or the Secretary may, at any time, endorse a licence
granted under this section in respect of a foreign boat so as to extend it-

   (a)  to authorize the boat to be brought into a specified port in Australia
        or in an external Territory at such time as is, or at such times as
        are, specified in the endorsement; or

   (b)  to authorize the boat to be brought into a specified port in Australia
        or in an external Territory at such time as is, or at such times as
        are, specified in the endorsement and to authorize the landing at that
        port of fish carried on board the boat at the time when the boat is
        brought into the port.'';

   (b)  by inserting after sub-section (5) the following sub-section:

''(5A) Without limiting the generality of sub-section (5), the conditions that
may be specified in a licence granted under this section in respect of a boat
include conditions relating to-

   (a)  the class or classes of fish that may be taken, processed or carried;

   (b)  the quantity of fish, or of fish included in a specified class of
        fish, that may be taken;

   (c)  the rate at which fish, or fish included in a specified class of fish,
        may be taken;

   (d)  the methods or equipment that may be used to take fish, or fish
        included in a specified class of fish; or

   (e)  the methods or equipment that may be used to process or carry fish, or
        fish included in a specified class of fish.''; and

   (c)  by inserting after sub-section (8) the following sub-sections:

''(8A) Regulations prescribing fees for the purposes of sub-section (8) may
prescribe different fees for licences issued in respect of boats included in
different classes of boats or issued subject to different conditions.

''(8B) The Minister or the Secretary may, having regard to the terms of any
relevant agreement relating to the taking of fish in the Australian fishing
zone, being an agreement to which Australia and another country or other
countries are parties, remit, in whole or in part, any fee that would, but for
this sub-section, be payable under sub-section (8) in respect of the granting
of a licence to a foreign boat or in respect of the endorsement or transfer of
a licence granted in respect of a foreign boat.''.